Adrian POV
The darkness was still there surrounding me like it had for months but it felt different now, thinner somehow, like fog that was starting to lift instead of the thick heavy blackness that had trapped me before.
I could hear more clearly than I'd been able to in a long time and sounds were sharper and more distinct instead of muffled and distant, and I focused on the voices floating through the darkness trying to understand what they were saying.
"Increased REM activity," a voice said that I recognized as Dr. Patterson. "Look at these readings, he's much closer to consciousness than he was yesterday."
"How close?" Another voice I didn't recognize.
"Very close, I'd say within hours if this pattern continues." Dr. Patterson sounded excited. "He's fighting his way back."
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